By the end of the Fiscal Year, instead of growing by hundreds of millions of dollars the state’s General Revenue came up a net $633,836,284.17 short – 6.62% below the total raised in Fiscal Year 2019. That’s effectively better than a billion dollar gap.
For Father’s Day my favorite child gave me a nice Gift Certificate to a south county meat market. Alas, the certificate bought less than I expected. For example, a three pound pack of ground chuck patties which had been $17.97 Read More …
This afternoon I came across the sad story – and scary video – of the protests in Branson at Dixie Outfitters. Note that in the video the grandma type promises ‘I will teach my grandkids to hate you.’ https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/it-has-no-place-black-lives-matter-brings-protest-to-bransons-dixie-outfitters/article_9254e7ef-7862-5d82-962c-00a19467f0a7.html That Read More …
I submit that a privatized Lambert Airport with its higher cost structure would make the St. Louis area even less attractive to travelers and businesses.
Charities will be pummeled by increased requests for help which far exceed their ability to respond. The state and federal governments, along with experts, meanwhile will keep telling people to go to charities for help.
Missouri General Revenue fell off a cliff three months ago and can’t get up.